Administrator Guide

Live Volume to
Delete
Failed
Over
Active Live
Volume
Visible to Storage Manager
Primary No Primary Primary only
Primary Yes Secondary Primary and secondary
Secondary No Primary Secondary only
Secondary Yes Secondary Secondary only
Steps
1. Click the Replications & Live Volumes view.
2. Click the Live Volumes tab then select a Live Volume.
3. Click Force Delete.
The Force Delete dialog box appears.
4. Select the Storage Center that will retain the volume device ID.
NOTE: Only managed Storage Centers can be selected.
NOTE: If a Storage Center is selected to retain the volume device ID, the QoS setting is also retainedl. The Storage
Centers not selected to retain the volume device ID will have the QoS setting modified to the system defaults.
5. Click Next.
A confirmation page appears.
6. Click Next.
A warning page appears if Storage Manager is managing only one of the Storage Centers.
7. Click Finish.
The Results Summary page appears.
8. Click OK.
Manually Bring Primary Live Volume Online
After a failure, the primary Live Volume may be offline preventing the Live Volume relationship to be restored. In this case, manually bring
the primary Live Volume online to activate the Live Volume and restore the Live Volume relationship with the secondary Live Volume. If
both Live Volumes are down after a failover, Bring Primary Online selects the Live Volume to activate.
Prerequisites
• If visible to the Data Collector, the primary Live Volume must be down.
• If visible to the Data Collector, the secondary Live Volume must be down.
Steps
1. Click the Replications & Live Volumes view.
2. Click the Live Volumes tab then select a Live Volume.
3. Click Bring Primary Online.
The Bring Primary Online dialog box appears.
4. Select a Live Volume.
5. Click Next.
6. Select the Storage Center where the Live Volume will be activated.
7. Click Next.
NOTE: A warning page appears if Storage Manager is managing only one of the Storage Centers.
8. Click Finish.
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Storage Center Replications and Live Volumes